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Phil AmmannMay 14, 2015

As Florida’s fastest growing demographic, the Hispanic vote is often the start – and end – of just about every discussion about politics in the Sunshine State. No matter how crucial that electorate is, strategist Steve Schale cautions that Hispanics are not a “silver bullet,” especially for Democrats. Schale’s latest blog post is the first […]

Guest AuthorOctober 2, 2014

Notionally, the Charlie Crist campaign for governor is ramping up its efforts to motivate Florida black voters to get to the polls on November 4. But actually the Crist campaign merely expects black voters to slavishly support him without a compensating policy effort. This should not be surprising. It is the party of Jackson’s approach […]

Darryl PaulsonSeptember 23, 2013

Seventh in a series In the first six articles in this series, I focused on the specific barriers confronting blacks seeking to exercise the voting franchise. In the next two articles, the focus is on how both the Democrats and Republicans adopted policies to suppress black voting. The Union victory in the Civil War did […]

Tag: Black voters

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Darryl Paulson: Black voter discrimination in Florida: the Democratic Party